On Wednesday 13 August 2003 8:59 pm, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 20:10, Alex McKenzie wrote:
> > Craig Jackson wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 13 August 2003 7:22 pm, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > >>Yet another reason why We are superior to Them. ;-)
> > >
> > > Very true, but as an administrator of a few windows servers, I have to
> > > admit I was a little lax and almost got caught. I spent all evening Mon
> > > night patching a handful of boxes against this and other stuff. Windows
> > > is crap
>
> [snip]
>
> > Don't get too smug now...
> > CA-2003-21 :GNU Project FTP Server Compromise
> > http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-21.html
> >
> > (had my hands full with blaster all damn day)
>
> I'm fully aware that "superior" doesn't mean "perfect".
>
> Besides, why not use scp instead? Only "distribution sites"
> need internet-routeable ftp...
Well, I think the problem is not so much FTP but the possibility that there
may be spyware strung all throughout GNU software, though the wu-ftp is
notoriously Swiss cheese.
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